Seattle History: Early Years (1865-99)

December 31, 1975

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Cordray’s Theater: A streetcar speeds past Cordray’s Theater at Third Avenue and Madison Street, circa 1892. The theater was the idea of John Cordray who is credited with bringing “polite vaudeville” to Seattle from 1890 to 1896. The theater was razed in 1907.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Cordray’s Theater: A streetcar speeds past Cordray’s Theater at Third Avenue and Madison Street, circa 1892. The theater was the idea of John Cordray who is credited with bringing “polite vaudeville” to Seattle from 1890 to 1896. The theater was razed in 1907.